Discovery date 29 September 1973 Observation arc 15476 days (42.37 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Johann Joachim Quantz Asteroid group Asteroid belt | MPC designation 9911 Quantz Discovered 29 September 1973 Spectral type S-type asteroid Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Alternative names 4129 T-2, 1986 GR, 1989 CL4 Aphelion 2.6327035 AU (393.84684 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
9911 Quantz is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.49 years.
Discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates that had been taken by Tom Gehrels with the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "4129 T-2". It was later renamed "Quantz" after Johan Joachim Quantz, a 17th-century German music teacher and composer.
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